Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”
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From this verse, the Word reaches
The same thread1 John 2:15-17
My Kingdom is not of this world: the world passes away, so its love cannot be kingdom love.
“Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.”
In contrast toColossians 1:13
Kingdoms of this world take people by force; the Father translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love.
“who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;”
That reaches back to this verse
In contrast to (this verse)Colossians 1:13
The Kingdom not of this world is still a Kingdom you enter: delivered out of the power of darkness, translated into the Son's.
“who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;”